Heavy rain hit Tainan, causing flooding in 20 administrative districts across the city. (Pictures from Taiwan media)
China Taiwan Network August 24 According to Taiwan’s China Times, Lai Ching-te, the “Executive President” of the Taiwan authorities, boasted when he was the mayor of Tainan in 2014 that “it took me three years to suffer the pain of flooding for 30 years.” "Resolve". When Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen went to Tainan to investigate the disaster in September 2016, she praised Lai Qingde for his success in water control. However, the heavy rain on the 23rd revealed the "myth" of Tainan's water control. More than one-half of the city's 37 administrative districts had Flooding has been accumulating. The city government released a news last night stating that it will cost NT$65 billion to complete the entire flood control plan in Tainan. It will take 30 years to complete the plan step by step until the funds are in place. Heavy rains have become normal in an instant. No city is not flooded. It is like a slap in the face. Former mayor.
"The rain is nothing." "Where is this road? It's a swimming pool!" Tainan City The cumulative rainfall in the six hours yesterday exceeded 200 millimeters. Roads in many places turned into small rivers. Rende and Yongkang districts were even flooded up to their waists. In the evening, kindergartens affiliated with the Chinese Medical University and Kunshan University of Science and Technology were stranded on campus after school. The fire department dispatched rubber boats to rescue the students. People shook their heads and said, "A heavy rain will destroy Lai Shengan's words." (China Taiwan Net Juanzi)
